Scotland
Found in 256 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), 26 Oct 1942
Letter from WSC to A J Barber-Fleming, Scottish Unionist Party, wishing the Party a successful annual conference.
(Untitled), 01 Nov 1942
Letter from WSC to Lord Provost of Aberdeen [Thomas Mitchell] agreeing to consider the offer of the freedom of the city as open. [See CHAR 20/53C/266 for original reply].
(Untitled), 01 May 1941 - 31 May 1941
(Untitled), 31 May 1922
Letter from Austen Chamberlain (11 Downing Street) to WSC enclosing CHAR 2/122/159-164 and proposing that if Sir Archibald Sinclair [later 1st Lord Thurso] does not withdraw from his candidature for East Perthshire the local Conservatives will be asked to submit the question of the constituency's representation to arbitration by [David Lloyd George] and Chamberlain.
(Untitled), 27 May 1922
Letter from Sir John Gilmour (Scottish Unionist Whip's Office, Palace Chambers, Bridge Street, Westminster, [London]) to Austen Chamberlain giving the points at issue in the dispute between the Conservatives and the Liberals over the selection of a Coalition candidate for East Perthshire. Copy sent with CHAR 2/122/158.
(Untitled), 31 May 1922
Letter from [Sir Archibald Sinclair, later 1st Lord Thurso] (Colonial Office) to WSC correcting what he sees as the misrepresentation of his position regarding the Coalition candidature for East Perthshire [Scotland] in a letter from Sir John Gilmour to Austen Chamberlain [CHAR 2/122/159-164].
(Untitled), 15 Jun 1922
Letter from [WSC] to Austen Chamberlain describing the position of Sir Archibald Sinclair [later 1st Lord Thurso] with regard to the Coalition candidature for East Perthshire [Scotland] and arguing that it would be unfair to require the Liberals to give up one of their seats in Scotland because the Conservatives are already over-represented there and that the capture by the Conservatives of East Perthshire would cause him difficulties in Dundee. Typescript copy.
(Untitled), 12 Sep 1922
(Untitled), 13 Sep 1922
(Untitled), 08 Sep 1922
Letter from William Munro (25 George Street, Perth, [Scotland]) to Sir Archibald Sinclair [later 1st Lord Thurso] on discussions between the National Liberals and Unionists in East Perthshire on which party should put up a candidate in the constituency in the next election. Copy sent with CHAR 2/124B/155-159.
(Untitled), 09 Sep 1922 - 11 Sep 1922
(Untitled), 31 Oct 1924
(Untitled), 09 Jul 1945
Cutting from the Glasgow Herald [Scotland] reporting a speech by Herbert Morrison at Greenock [Renfrewshire, Scotland] attacking WSC's style of leadership, his election tour of London, and praising Scotland's "democratic traditions".
(Untitled), 27 Aug 1912
Minute from WSC to the Chief of Staff, Admiralty [? Rear-Admiral Ernest Troubridge], asking for a report on the War Office's progress in developing the Territorial Army in the Shetland Islands; WSC states that it might be necessary for the Admiralty to assist the War Office financially "so as to procure an armed and well disposed population". [Carbon].
(Untitled), 25 Sep 1912
Minute by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty], to an unknown correspondent, enclosing a memorandum by the Chief of Staff, Admiralty [? Sir Henry Jackson], on the importance of developing the Territorial Forces in the Orkney and Shetland Isles [Scotland], to counter German influence and protect a naval wireless station on the Shetlands. WSC requests that the memorandum be shown to General Sir John French [Chief of Imperial General Staff, later 1st Lord Ypres]. [Carbon].
(Untitled), 02 Jun 1913
Minute from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to the Naval Secretary [Rear-Admiral Dudley de Chair] on the appointment of Vice-Admiral Robert Lowry as Admiral Commanding in Scotland. [Typescript copy].
(Untitled), 03 Mar 1913
Minute by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to [? John Seely, Secretary of State for War, later 1st Lord Mottistone] on the importance to the Admiralty of the Orkney and Shetland Territorials, and his disappointment that the War Office was proposing to disband these Units. [Carbon copy].
(Untitled), 19 Apr 1913
Minute from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to Vice-Admiral Lewis Bayly [Commander, 3rd Battle Squadron], on his paper on East Coast defence, "Time Table of a Nightmare". WSC particularly mentions Bayly's view that it would be a disadvantage to land near a big town, and his reasons for discounting a landing in the vicinity of Dundee [Angus, Scotland]; WSC gives his reasons why an attack on Dundee would be possible. [Carbon copy].
(Untitled), 28 Nov 1924
(Untitled), Jan 1940
(Untitled), 23 Jan 1940
Printed note by WSC for the War Cabinet on Scapa Flow [Orkney Islands, Scotland], containing an independent account by Sir Archibald Sinclair [later 1st Lord Thurso].
(Untitled), 13 Feb 1940
Printed note by WSC for the War Cabinet on Scapa Flow [Orkney Islands, Scotland], with comments prepared by the Civil Lord [Captain Austin Hudson].
(Untitled), 25 Nov 1940
Letter from WSC to [Arthur] Woodburn giving reasons for not establishing a Grand Scottish Consultative Chamber during war time. [Carbon].
(Untitled), 11 May 1940
Letter from Sir Murdoch MacDonald MP to WSC proposing James Henderson-Stewart for Under-Secretary of State for Scotland; adds that he urged [Clement] Attlee and [Arthur] Greenwood to serve under WSC's premiership. [manuscript].
(Untitled), 14 May 1940
Letter from Robert Boothby to WSC expressing indignation at the appointment of an Englishman as Secretary of State for Scotland, and asking help in securing a commission in the army. [Manuscript].